| Artificial Track News 28.11.08 | |
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| Tatjana Huefner, Armin Zoeggeler and Leitner-Resch last year’s winners | |
| Innsbruck-Igls (pps) The eventual overall champions of the 2007-08 Viessmann Luge World Cup also achieved victories in Innsbruck. Germany’s Tatjana Huefner won the women’s singles on the 1964 and 1976 Olympic track, Armin Zoeggeler of Italy the men’s singles and Patric Leitner-Alexander Resch of... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 28.11.08 | |
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| The schedule of Innsbruck-Igls | |
| Innsbruck-Igls (pps) The season opener of the Viessmann Luge World Cup will start with two heats of the doubles’ event that will be carried out in the late afternoon (Saturday, November 29, 2008 / 1st heat to start at 17:05 hrs). The men’s (1st heat at 09:15 hrs) and women’s singles (1st heat at... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 27.11.08 | |
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| André Florschuetz suffered a slipped disc | |
| World champions Florschuetz-Wustlich forced to take a break München (pps) Germany’s three-time World champions André Florschuetz-Torsten Wustlich will not compete at the season’s opener of the Viessmann Luge World Cup in Innsbruck-Igls. André Florschuetz had to undergo surgery on... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 27.11.08 | |
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| Season’s Opener without World Champion Felix Loch | |
| Due to an injury at the shoulder Innsbruck-Igls (pps) The season’s opener of the Viessmann Luge World Cup at Innsbruck-Igls (AUT) this weekend will take place without Germany’s World Champion Felix Loch. Due to an injury at the shoulder the youngest World Champion in the history of the... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 27.11.08 | |
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| Opening press conference on November 27, 2008 | |
| Innsbruck-Igls (pps) Prior to the first event of the new season, the International Luge Federation, FIL, organises an opening press conference on November 27, 2008 (14:00 hrs) at a special tent right next to the bobsleigh café at the Olympic track in Innsbruck-Igls. Participants will be, among... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 26.11.08 | |
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| SUZUKI Challenge Cup prior to its anniversary season | |
| New rules and debut for sprint competition in tenth winter Berlin (pps) The SUZUKI Challenge Cup will head into its anniversary season with modified regulations. Moreover, an attractive innovation will celebrate its debut in Altenberg on January 23, 2009: the so-called sprint... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 25.11.08 | |
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| 32nd Viessmann World Cup season opener in Innsbruck-Igls | |
| Eleven-year long winning streak for Germany’s women Innsbruck-Igls (pps) With a considerable increase in prize money as well as now nine instead of eight events and an eleven-year long winning streak of Germany’s women lugers the Viessmann Luge World Cup is starting into its 32nd... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 24.11.08 | |
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| Whistler Sliding Centre passes first endurance test | |
| Whistler (pps) Despite several crashes, all without lasting consequences, the artificial track for luge, bob and skeleton in Whistler passed its first endurance test for the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver with the training week of the International Luge Federation (FIL). The first training... [more] |  |
| General News 21.11.08 | |
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| Sprint competition to celebrate its debut | |
| Berchtesgaden (pps) The „Athletes’ Meeting” of the International Luge Federation, FIL, has already become a tradition. Since the 2003-2004 season, when this meeting was organised for the first time in Sigulda, Latvia, FIL President Josef Fendt now invites all participants of the Viessmann Luge... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 20.11.08 | |
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| World Champion Felix Loch injured | |
| Berchtesgaden (pps) World Champion Felix Loch has injured his shoulder, but can nevertheless compete at the first Viessmann World Cup in Innsbruck-Igls (November 29/30, 2008). The youngest luge World Champion of all times was injured when he crashed during the International Training Week... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 11.11.08 | |
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| Canada announces World Cup team Regan Lauscher, Jeff Christie and Moffat/Moffat lead the squad |
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| Whistler (pps) Three weeks before the beginning of the Viessmann World Cup season in Innsbruck-Igls at the end of November, Canada’s head coach Wolfgang Staudinger named the members of Canada’s World Cup squad. The Canadian team, which was presented at a press conference in Whistler, is led by... [more] |  |
| General News 10.11.08 | |
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| Viessmann Luge World Cup and SUZUKI Challenge Cup Considerable increase in prize money - President Fendt: „Our focus is on the athletes“ |
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| Calgary (pps) With a considerable increase in prize money in the Viessmann Luge World Cup, the SUZUKI Challenge Cup and the SUZUKI Team Relay, the International Luge Federation, FIL, is sending a clear message in the upcoming pre-Olympic season. “Our focus is always on the athletes who ultimately... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 04.11.08 | |
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| First crucial test for Olympic luge track in Whistler FIL prescribes extensive safety measures |
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| Whistler (pps) The artificial track for luge, bobsleigh and skeleton for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, will undergo its first crucial test when the International Training Week of the International Luge Federation (FIL) will be held there beginning November 7. The training week... [more] |  |